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vol i wednesday july 9 1788 torn ? they are all the offspring of paffion ; and could we but fee your hearts they are fuirounded by tender wifhes that fporc along and circulate through every vein nd artery is it your fears prevail no for your mothers married be fore you and brought you into the wor/d and tell you that fo far trom there being danger in matrimony or its confcquences " it is a confummation devoutly to be wifhed i fay ladies when the fault is on your fide the caufe is va nityâ€”.you look for general admiration and prefer the empty compliments of â€¢ number to the fincere profeflions of an indi vidual until he being teized out of all patience flies from your perfecution and leaves you to repent or perhaps to defpair it will be fufficient without enlarging on this fubjedh to refer my fair readers to the fate of corjnn a which is defcribtd in the following lines : c0r1nna aged forty-five did not of marriage yet i efp air , tho'jbe her charms bad kept alive tenyears at haft by art and tare full tftfbe many a generous youth had trick d and treated with difdain mut now he luijfdin eanic/i truth to add a link to hymen's chain to strefhon then who day and night did herrtoforejlncerely woo she condtfeended thus to write you've conquered fir i y'nld ti you ." strep bon ivboje mindjivtet peace popifs'd i tvbo long had etas d to love ndjitb % trave quick for anfiver thus dijhejs'd Â«Â« read it cornnva and apply " the rifingfun v<ue oft admir'd * ' till puajure has to rapture grown f * l hu r.oon-tijc beams my brcajl has fir j t ft with glowing blifs to words unknown Â«' but sol at eve fo bright declines " h^hfn oilmen fee bis courfe is run Â« jvitb ruddy faa fml jiill be ibines j but ak bisb<:#tan,lbefni.a t ge h e she readâ€”jhe paused refiecii n's g!afi t quick as the forked lightning's dart shew'd her with pain ted ', haggard fact 0 fad convielion to her heart / no more at balls or dantt jhi s jecn no more each borrow d art foe tries 9 a vihim now to care and jp teen all day fie hides all night jbt fight then let nctjlip ye fickle fair you rb s prime and beauty's blifsful datt t to gertrcus lovers befincere left you jbould meet corinna fate from a late virginia paper the new litany from all evil and mifchievioiis members af the statÂ«3leglfta ture fivm the fin of ingratitude from the powers of ex pojifaaj laws and from evcrlafting condemnation spare us good lord from fuch laws at do difcriminate in favor of ffceriffs and others who are in arrears for taxes ; from all pompous and in accurate ftatements cf the public debt and from fuch ftate menu as may tead to foothe and flatter the people into a wil lingnefs to remain in their prefent ftate rather than to adopt the new government good lord deliver us from iatcftine war ; from the affemblie of fuch clubs as are gathered to oppofe the new constitution j and from the rage of thofe who burn with choler as knowing their confequence will be leflened by the adoption thereof good\lord deliver us we befeecb tbteto bear us good lord that it may pleafe thee to keep and ftrengthen in the true knowledge of thy ways thy fervants washington ran dolph and madison and au that are put in authority un der them and to enable them to be inftrumental in promoting fuch wife government as may beft tend to the peace and happi nefs of all thy people we befeecb tbt to bear us good lord } that it may pleafe thee to ineluie the hearts of thy people to adopt the new federal confutation ; to endow the prefident thereof vice-prefident fenators and houfeof reprefentatives with grace wifdom and underftanding to make and execute fuch laws as will beft tend tofecwre to thy people the bleffings of liberty peace and concord in thefe ftates and that they may fo far retrieve their loft credit that they may no longer be a re proach and biffing among the nations of the earth . we beftecbtbee tobtarus good lord thatjt may pleafe thee to fhield us from the rage of malici ous and difappointed men and to ftrengthen us in the prenci ples of the federal confutation fo as to enable us to triumph over all the enemies thereof that fo hereafter we may attain to to a government which will have fuch energy and ftability as will be adequate to the exigencies of the union we befeecb tbee to bear us good lord that it may ptafc thse to fevs from anarchy all thy people a m en miscellany a well authenticated account of the dying word and aftions of isa bella limuel maid of honor to cutherine de medicis around us wa every where behold a bufy multitude re.'tlets and unsafy in their prefent fituation they are perpetually employed in accoiiiplifhing a change of it and as fx>n asthrir wifh is fulfilled we difcern by their behaviour that they a e as little faiisfl'd as they were before where they expected to have lound a paradife they find a defart the nan or bufinefs p'nes for leifure the leifure for which he longed pov:s an irkfome gloom and thvoaj'i want f em ployment he i ingofthes ikkens and dies the man of re drement f s-.*.i s no ftate to he fa happy as that of active life j but he his not engaged long in the tumults and conteas of the world until he finds caufe to look back with regret on the ca!..i li urs of his f rirur privacy and retreat beauty wit eloquence and fame are eagerly defired by priors in every raiikol lif they ars t!ie parent's fond wifti lor his child j the a-r.bition o the y ming and the admiration of thr o!d â€” and yet in tnt numberieft inftances have they proved to th;>ft w-.opoflefs them no other than hininj fnares : faiucyi-r-nsto vice,inftijation9 rr t liy and in the end fources of mhery ? com ortably might tr.eir days be parted had they bten lefs confpicaous bat the dittincvions which brought them forth to no'ue conferred iplendor and withdrew happinefs longhfcis efall others ths moit general andfecmingly the ir.rrt innocent objeft of fiie with rdpeft to this too we f frequently err that it wo-iid have been a bleifing to many to have had their viih jenisd there w a period when th^y mi ujtt quitted c.k uÂ«Â«?e with honour and in peace but by liv.r too lo g roey tutlived their reputation ; outlived their families their rencs and their comfort ; and reaped nothing friiti aun inuat jn of days ixcpt to feel the prelfure of age to tafts t e di.gsol lift and to behold the wider compafs of uttr rj are oftea ai vain as oitr wifhes as what flatter f t u in expeftadon frequently wounds as in poffeflion fo the j evert to which we look forward with anxious and fearful eye fcss e.tcn when it arrived laid its terrors ahde j nay has br u^.it inits:rain unexp^fled bhflingb but good and evil are beheld at a diitance through a pcrfpeclive which deceives the colcurs of okjeÂ£ls when nigh arc entirely different from what they appeared when they were viewed in futurity w care not fuffic.ently atqu-inted with ourfclves to forefee our future ieelings we judge by the fenfations of the prefent mom-nt ; and in ths fervour of defire pronounce confidently comemin the defire j object but we refld^^^t that our minds hkc our bodies undergo gre^t alttratm ftsm the fitu ' atiens into which they are thrown andjldh h^^j^cs of life th'ojgh which they nils hendfl ml dition which is yet untried we cotu^m b tainty dl â– in this ima^iration we carry ojl and fentiment into the flateof lifev frener have we entered on it th nm tions change nen w.:nts and dfflh required to gratify tjj^j^^y conf qib on returns and tbd kc!i wafll as great as it i he earth m v fhacm therefore tu a v b ;'^ ill l we fliil paf i.itog fr..-..'it:t .Â«â– bh of human ciire iii ytii ; vvfl kat blils ftali be found hftrcon : y pÂ»here no jailac'iocstxp-.&ahhhs i any l<-:-gefb^^3wlliiiiiirg ap peaiancts bft^.y^^hxfidio'jsjoys oingÂ«Â£ut where truth hall be infeparabiy uiitlprith pleafuie the perfect knowledge f jooh with iu full anu pcrpe.wilambloyir.en^m experience has often hn that green^nÂ«ke grewi fruit proc.'uces acids inftead 6f fweets the mind as as the body mould attain maturity before a njgn mould be attempted to u iilh if the mind docs not aflsnt flfe proba we cor.fjq ue nce is a feries of unhappinefs to each of the contract nr pai ties but on the other hand delay is equally dangerons ; and young ladies attain an as;e wlien it may be fuppofed they re u i to the'doties infiparable to a wife and a mother pa kcts ftould r.o^protraa but facilitate thÂ«ir marriag a^man o reficclion jbuft feel fcverely for the number of old â€¢"*Â« s m which may be included tvery unmarried woman above iwenty-five r?h?c!i are to be found in every part of america we proportion is net icf than five virgins to one matron 1 he caufe of this extraordinary celibacy muft be owing in 8 r t meafure to coquetry s * appeal to the bofoms of my fair countrywomen the maidens ' aiuerica if they are not maidens asjainrt their inclination , nicy anfwer o no sir we all could have manied had wt h it i reply the truth is you have refufed againft your wi/hes cj has fuperceded/a^châ€”if not from whence proceeds that r ' r lc Â« e yÂ«i that blulh on the cheek that heav of tht bo nphis young and beauifful kdy's * charms had by the addrefs of the queen been proftituted to the prince of conde by whom fhe had a child and a&ually was brought to bed at court her exquifite beauty however obtained her a hufband of both rank and fortune she was a woman of ready wit and often exer cifed her pen in writing a lampoon $ nor could the hour or minute of her death deprive her of that gaiete db coeur which added fo much to her beauty in health during her illnefs fhe was continually exerciflng her fa tyricalwit and when fhe found her diffolution was near fhe called to her valet " julian faid he take your violin and play till you fee me dead for i am going the defeat of the swifsj in the beft manner you can and when you come to the words " all's loft play it over four or five times in the ffloft doleful t6nes you can ;" which he did and fhe affifted with hejr voice and when they came to " all's loft fhe repeated the words twice then turning herfelf to the other fide of the bed fhe faid to her companions " alls loft this inftant in good earneft and fo expiredi the wilmington centime and general advertiser numb 19 prapeft of human life a few quarter casks of madeira wine for sale by edward jones may it 1 2 â€” wanted \ a qjj antity or continental lo an-office certificates for which the higheft price will be given apply to the printers june 18 1788 16â€”18

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vol i wednesday july 9 1788 torn ? they are all the offspring of paffion ; and could we but fee your hearts they are fuirounded by tender wifhes that fporc along and circulate through every vein nd artery is it your fears prevail no for your mothers married be fore you and brought you into the wor/d and tell you that fo far trom there being danger in matrimony or its confcquences " it is a confummation devoutly to be wifhed i fay ladies when the fault is on your fide the caufe is va nityâ€”.you look for general admiration and prefer the empty compliments of â€¢ number to the fincere profeflions of an indi vidual until he being teized out of all patience flies from your perfecution and leaves you to repent or perhaps to defpair it will be fufficient without enlarging on this fubjedh to refer my fair readers to the fate of corjnn a which is defcribtd in the following lines : c0r1nna aged forty-five did not of marriage yet i efp air , tho'jbe her charms bad kept alive tenyears at haft by art and tare full tftfbe many a generous youth had trick d and treated with difdain mut now he luijfdin eanic/i truth to add a link to hymen's chain to strefhon then who day and night did herrtoforejlncerely woo she condtfeended thus to write you've conquered fir i y'nld ti you ." strep bon ivboje mindjivtet peace popifs'd i tvbo long had etas d to love ndjitb % trave quick for anfiver thus dijhejs'd Â«Â« read it cornnva and apply " the rifingfun vn asthrir wifh is fulfilled we difcern by their behaviour that they a e as little faiisfl'd as they were before where they expected to have lound a paradife they find a defart the nan or bufinefs p'nes for leifure the leifure for which he longed pov:s an irkfome gloom and thvoaj'i want f em ployment he i ingofthes ikkens and dies the man of re drement f s-.*.i s no ftate to he fa happy as that of active life j but he his not engaged long in the tumults and conteas of the world until he finds caufe to look back with regret on the ca!..i li urs of his f rirur privacy and retreat beauty wit eloquence and fame are eagerly defired by priors in every raiikol lif they ars t!ie parent's fond wifti lor his child j the a-r.bition o the y ming and the admiration of thr o!d â€” and yet in tnt numberieft inftances have they proved to th;>ft w-.opoflefs them no other than hininj fnares : faiucyi-r-nsto vice,inftijation9 rr t liy and in the end fources of mhery ? com ortably might tr.eir days be parted had they bten lefs confpicaous bat the dittincvions which brought them forth to no'ue conferred iplendor and withdrew happinefs longhfcis efall others ths moit general andfecmingly the ir.rrt innocent objeft of fiie with rdpeft to this too we f frequently err that it wo-iid have been a bleifing to many to have had their viih jenisd there w a period when th^y mi ujtt quitted c.k uÂ«Â«?e with honour and in peace but by liv.r too lo g roey tutlived their reputation ; outlived their families their rencs and their comfort ; and reaped nothing friiti aun inuat jn of days ixcpt to feel the prelfure of age to tafts t e di.gsol lift and to behold the wider compafs of uttr rj are oftea ai vain as oitr wifhes as what flatter f t u in expeftadon frequently wounds as in poffeflion fo the j evert to which we look forward with anxious and fearful eye fcss e.tcn when it arrived laid its terrors ahde j nay has br u^.it inits:rain unexp^fled bhflingb but good and evil are beheld at a diitance through a pcrfpeclive which deceives the colcurs of okjeÂ£ls when nigh arc entirely different from what they appeared when they were viewed in futurity w care not fuffic.ently atqu-inted with ourfclves to forefee our future ieelings we judge by the fenfations of the prefent mom-nt ; and in ths fervour of defire pronounce confidently comemin the defire j object but we refld^^^t that our minds hkc our bodies undergo gre^t alttratm ftsm the fitu ' atiens into which they are thrown andjldh h^^j^cs of life th'ojgh which they nils hendfl ml dition which is yet untried we cotu^m b tainty dl â– in this ima^iration we carry ojl and fentiment into the flateof lifev frener have we entered on it th nm tions change nen w.:nts and dfflh required to gratify tjj^j^^y conf qib on returns and tbd kc!i wafll as great as it i he earth m v fhacm therefore tu a v b ;'^ ill l we fliil paf i.itog fr..-..'it:t .Â«â– bh of human ciire iii ytii ; vvfl kat blils ftali be found hftrcon : y pÂ»here no jailac'iocstxp-.&ahhhs i any l